Heart Health & Cholesterol Resources
Articles from Dr. Elizabeth Klodas and the Step One Foods team — covering diet & nutrition, heart health, statins, and the science of food as medicine.
What you need to know about cholesterol
Cholesterol remains one of the most confusing areas of both nutrition and heart health. So I’ll break it all down for you here. First, you need to know the difference between dietary cholesterol and blood cholesterol. I’ll get right to...
Feb 15, 2020
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Feb 15, 2020
What you need to know about cholesterol
Cholesterol remains one of the most confusing areas of both nutrition and heart health. So I’ll break it all down for you...
Dec 7, 2019
What You Need to Know if You Take Biotin (Vitamin B7)
Updated July 2026 Maybe you've flipped through a magazine and seen ads claiming that taking extra biotin, also known as vitamin B7,...
Nov 23, 2019
Diet and lifestyle beat heart procedures - again
Every cardiologist in America had an eye on Philadelphia last weekend, and it wasn’t for the Eagles-Patriots game. The results of a major...
Nov 15, 2019
Should You Worry About Your Child's Cholesterol?
Updated July 2026 Cholesterol feels like an adult problem, so most parents are surprised to learn it's worth checking in childhood at...
Oct 19, 2019
Clinical Trials and Tribulations
After I thought I had solved it all, coming up with an easy way to eat better while lowering cholesterol, I couldn’t...
Aug 31, 2019
Do we really need another medical sub-specialty?
In the most recent issue of the American Journal of Medicine, a commentary calls for establishing a new sub-specialty in medicine: Cardiometabolic...
Aug 10, 2019
Heart valve function hinges on healthy cholesterol and bl...
If I opened and closed the front door of my house 60 times a minute, it would probably fly off its hinges...
Aug 3, 2019
What You Need to Know About Coronary Calcium Scans
Updated July 2026 Sometimes, deciding whether someone should be on statins (medications like atorvastatin and rosuvastatin) is very clear. If a patient...
Jul 13, 2019
You Might Not Need Statins After All
Updated July 2026 Been told you need a statin and wondering whether it is the right move for you? You are not...
Jul 6, 2019
How Are Heart Health and Brain Health Related?
Updated July 2026 As a cardiologist, I spend my days focused on the heart: its arteries, its valves, its pumping function, its...
Jun 1, 2019
Inflammation and Heart Risk: Should You Get Your CRP Chec...
Updated July 2026 Most people track their cholesterol. Far fewer have ever heard of the blood test that can flag heart risk...
May 25, 2019
How to Measure Your Blood Pressure at Home
Updated July 2026 Checking your blood pressure at home is one of the most useful things you can do to manage it...
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